A Huddersfield charity which provides free school uniform is helping 230 pupils in just one Kirklees school as the financial crisis continues to take a terrible toll on family budgets. Uniform Exchange was set up to help families struggling to buy school uniform and the demand on its services has grown massively in recent years. …
People needing free school uniform can pick it up from us at our Big Takeaway Day on Saturday, June 29, from 11am to 2pm. Only some items will be available and people can take around 6 items per child. No uniform which has school logos on will be available, just generic schoolwear. The items available …
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People can come and volunteer to help us here at Uniform Exchange anytime over one weekend in June. Uniform Exchange is part of the Big Help Out project in Kirklees which gives people the chance to try different volunteering roles. It runs from Friday, June 7 to Sunday, June 9 and there will be lots …
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Policy Created: March 2020 Review Date: March 2022 Latest Training: November 2021 delivered by TSL Policy Aims: Uniform Exchange will not tolerate the abuse of adults in any form and is committed to safeguarding adults with care and support needs from harm who engage with in volunteering. This policy sets out the roles and responsibilities …
Children at a Huddersfield school are doing their bit to save the planet … and their parents a lot of money. For the youngsters at Kirkheaton Primary School have been inspired by the Huddersfield-based Uniform Exchange free school uniform charity to hold uniform giveaways in school. At the latest one they gave away 33 dresses, …
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Kirklees libraries play a crucial community role for Uniform Exchange … and have done so for more than 10 years. When our charity was first set up in 2011 most of the collections and donations were made through libraries and Sure Start children’s centres but over the years the centres have shut with schools, supermarket …
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We have just put out an urgent media appeal for coats and other warm winter clothing. Uniform Exchange gives away thousands of school uniforms to families across Kirklees every year and the need for our services has reached record levels as the cost of living crisis continues to take a heavy toll on people’s finances. …
Volunteers from Kirklees Council were inspired after spending a day working alongside our own brilliant volunteers. The council’s Adults Transformation team spent half a day at our warehouse in Lockwood and were amazed at the scale of what we do day in and day out. The team’s Service Development Manager, Rebecca Morrison, said: “We were …
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A Huddersfield school is having uniform giveaway days for Uniform Exchange … and the hope is other schools across Kirklees will do the same. Moorlands Primary School at Mount near Outlane has had a lot of used school uniform donated by Huddersfield charity Uniform Exchange so decided to hold their own pop-up events to give …
When Abio arrived in Huddersfield from Nigeria in 2021 she needed help kitting out her daughters for school. She was provided with free school uniform by Lockwood-based charity Uniform Exchange and was so touched by the help, she is now a volunteer for them. Abio spends three or four days a week at the charity’s …
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